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57547

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Homicide
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been killed in the United Kingdom since 1984 by persons previously convicted of homicide.
tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
uin	HL20
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>A life sentence is mandatory on conviction for murder and a whole life order starting point applies to a murder by an offender previously convicted of murder. Discretionary life sentences or long determinate sentences are available for other very serious offences. This Government has introduced an automatic life sentence for a second very serious violent or sexual offence.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) holds information on those persons convicted of homicide offences having previously been convicted of a homicide offence. However, the MOJ does not hold information centrally on the number of homicide victims associated with these crimes.</p><p> </p><p>The table shows the number of offenders with previous convictions for homicide by offenders convicted of homicide in each year from 2001 to 2013. Homicide includes among others, the offences of murder, manslaughter, infanticide, corporate manslaughter and causing death by dangerous and careless driving. See footnote 3 for all types of homicides.</p><p /> <p /> <p>The MoJ's extract of the Police National Computer only holds the complete criminal records of offenders who have been sentenced or cautioned since the beginning of 2000, Therefore it is not possible to provide criminal history time series information all the way back to 1984.</p><p> </p><p>The figures given in the table have been drawn from the extract of Police National Computer (PNC) data held by the Ministry of Justice. As with any large scale recording system the PNC is subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. The figures are provisional and subject to change as more information is recorded by the police.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 18/06/2014 18:37:22 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks attachment 1 file name HL20_Table 1.doc title No of offenders with previous convictions
tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

57560

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	RSPCA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord de Mauley on 11 March (WA 374), what offence would be committed by an RSPCA inspector making entry, or attempting to make entry, to private property of a private home without the permission of the owner.
tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
uin	HL33
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>If the RSPCA are investigating an allegation of animal cruelty and the owners do not cooperate or refuse entry to their property, the RSPCA would normally call upon the assistance of the police. The RSPCA has no special powers for entry or search and seizure – these powers lie with police constables and some local authority officers.</p><p> </p><p>As such they would be subject to the law as any member of the public would be.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 18/06/2014 16:57:16 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

57564

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Football Banning Orders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy and effectiveness of sentencing in cases where football fans have been found guilty of racially or religiously aggravated public order offences; and whether they will consider providing advice to the magistracy in response to any evidence revealing that magistrates are reluctant to issue football banning orders in such cases.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL37
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Racially and religiously aggravated offences have no place in our society. Parliament has provided the courts with the necessary powers to deal effectively with those who are convicted of these serious offences. The court must make a football banning order where an offender has been convicted of a relevant offence and it is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that making a banning order would help prevent violence or disorder at, or in connection with, any regulated football matches. If the court is not so satisfied, it must state that fact and give reasons in open court. The prosecution has a right of appeal against a failure by the court to make a banning order.</p><p> </p><p>Relevant offences for these purposes include chanting of an indecent or racialist nature at a designated football match, and specified offences under the Public Order Act 1986 committed during a period relevant to a football match, which covers the period beginning two hours before the match and ending one hour after the match, at any premises while the offender was at, or entering or leaving or trying to enter or leave, the premises.</p><p> </p><p>We are not aware of any evidence to suggest that the magistracy are reluctant to make football banning orders, and decisions of the magistrates are made with the assistance of legal advisers who refer to current sentencing guidelines.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 24/06/2014 13:28:13 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

57566

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Euthanasia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of support for a change in the law on assisted dying for people with a terminal illness.
tabling member printed	Baroness Meacher
uin	HL39
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Government has not itself made any assessment of the level of support for a change in the law on assisted dying.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 18/06/2014 17:09:31 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	3810 label Biography information for Baroness Meacher

57637

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes: North Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much core grant was provided to fund Victim Support services in the (a) Crown Court Witness Service and (b) Magistrates' Court Witness Service in North Yorkshire in each year since 2004-05.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice provides a core grant of £38m to Victim Support of which £12m is used to fund the provision of emotional and practical support for witnesses at criminal courts who wish to receive this service.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not routinely collect data on how this funding is distributed by Victim Support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 16/06/2014 10:03:26 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57638

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on (a) civil and (b) criminal legal aid in (i) cash and (ii) real terms in (A) England and (B) York in each year since 1995.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The amount spent on (a) civil and (b) criminal legal aid in (i) cash (i.e. net of operating receipts) and (ii) real terms in each of the last 20 years was provided by way of a written response on 18 June 2013 to the hon. Member for York Central's Parliamentary Question 160682.</p><p> </p><p>The Legal Aid Agency does not record the number of people who receive legal aid. Instead it records the number of ‘acts of assistance'. One individual may receive a number of separate acts of assistance, and one act of assistance can help more than one person. As the categorisation of legal aid has changed over the last 20 years, acts of assistance relating to representation in court cannot be accurately compared over time. The total acts of assistance relating to civil and criminal cases from 1995 onwards were provided by way of a written response on 18 June 2013 to the hon. Member for York Central's Parliamentary Question 160683.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to the breakdowns requested for England and York, to extract the information requested from the Legal Aid Agency's IT Systems would incur disproportionate cost.<br></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 198528 question first answered 10/06/2014 12:10:17 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57639

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people with cases before (a) civil and (b) criminal courts received legal aid in (i) England and (ii) York in each year since 1995.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The amount spent on (a) civil and (b) criminal legal aid in (i) cash (i.e. net of operating receipts) and (ii) real terms in each of the last 20 years was provided by way of a written response on 18 June 2013 to the hon. Member for York Central's Parliamentary Question 160682.</p><p> </p><p>The Legal Aid Agency does not record the number of people who receive legal aid. Instead it records the number of ‘acts of assistance'. One individual may receive a number of separate acts of assistance, and one act of assistance can help more than one person. As the categorisation of legal aid has changed over the last 20 years, acts of assistance relating to representation in court cannot be accurately compared over time. The total acts of assistance relating to civil and criminal cases from 1995 onwards were provided by way of a written response on 18 June 2013 to the hon. Member for York Central's Parliamentary Question 160683.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to the breakdowns requested for England and York, to extract the information requested from the Legal Aid Agency's IT Systems would incur disproportionate cost.<br></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 198527 question first answered 10/06/2014 12:10:17 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57640

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of crime and witnesses were supported by the Witness Service at (a) York Crown Court and (b) York Magistrages' Court in each year since 2004-05.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice does not routinely collect this data. Victim Support has provided the data based on available information.</p><p>As part of its Grant in Aid to Victim Support, the Ministry of Justice requires the provision of a court based witness service.</p><p>Victim Support has provided the following figures for 2009/10-2013/14 showing the number of people supported:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>York Crown Court</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>York</strong><strong> Magistrates' Court</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>717</p></td><td><p>606</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>701</p></td><td><p>405</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>612</p></td><td><p>368</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>557</p></td><td><p>333</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>547</p></td><td><p>870</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Whilst crime rates continue to fall, Victim Support continues to support all witnesses who wish to receive support when attending court.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 12/06/2014 09:25:46 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57641

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many custodial sentences were handed down at (a) York Magristrates' Court and (b) York Crown Court in each year since 2008.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Sentencing is entirely a matter for the courts, taking account of all the circumstances of each case.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, crime has continued to fall and fewer individuals are entering the criminal justice system for the first time. Defendants are now more likely to be convicted for committing crime and sent to prison for longer than they were a decade ago. In addition, criminals convicted since 2010 are more likely to receive an immediate custodial sentence, both overall and for a first time offence.</p><p> </p><p>The number of offenders given a custodial sentence at (a) York Magistrates' Court and (b) York Crown Court each year from 2008 to 2013 can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p><strong>The number of persons sentenced to custodial sentenced to a custodial sentence at York Magistrate's courts<sup>(1)</sup> and York Crown court<sup>(2) </sup>from 2008 to 2013<sup>(3)(4) </sup></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Magistrates' courts</p></td><td><p>Crown court</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td><p>351</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>249</p></td><td><p>440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>259</p></td><td><p>372</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>441</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p>360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>335</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(1) Includes Magistrates' courts falling with the York and Selby Local Justice Area (LJA). As of 1st January 2012 Selby LJA and York LJA merged to into York and Selby LJA</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(2) Figures specific to York Crown Court</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(3) The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(4) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>PQ 198530</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 11/06/2014 16:52:32 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57676

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much public interest lawyers have received in legal aid for cases against the Department for Work and Pensions in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Mr Michael McCann
uin	198669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) cannot separately identify legal aid cases against the Department for Work and Pensions, the Ministry of Defence and the Home Office. Opponents are not systematically recorded against Legal Aid cases.</p><p> </p><p>The net payments to Public Interest Lawyers over the past ten tears were:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Net Payments</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY2003-2004</p></td><td><p>£139,620.72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY2004-2005</p></td><td><p>£158,282.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY2005-2006</p></td><td><p>£251,844.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY2006-2007</p></td><td><p>£299,667.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY2007-2008</p></td><td><p>£577,263.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY2008-2009</p></td><td><p>£628,527.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY2009-2010</p></td><td><p>£267,433.88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY2010-2011</p></td><td><p>£439,268.02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY2011-2012</p></td><td><p>£331,238.85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY2012-2013</p></td><td><p>£50,633.27</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These payments cover all work undertaken by the firm under legal aid. The payments made will be offset by recoupment on successful cases where the opponent has paid the costs.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 198670 198671 198672 198673 198674 question first answered 11/06/2014 08:49:03 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	3963 label Biography information for Mr Michael McCann